Comparing higher order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1607-1617

  Gundy, Chad M ^a   Fayers, Peter M ^b,c   Groenvold, Mogens ^d,e   Petersen, Morten Aa ^d   Scott, Neil W ^b   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^f   Velikova, Galina ^g   Aaronson, Neil K ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g St James's Institute of Oncology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; EORTC QLQ C30; Health related quality of life; Higher order factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84867993772     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0082-6     Document Type: Article

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